: "The line of the buildings stood clear-cut and black against the sky;
: here and there out of the mass rose the great chimneys, with the river of
: smoke streaming away to the end of the world. It was a study in colours
: now, this smoke; in the sunset light it was black and brown and grey and
: purple. All the sordid questions of the place were gone - in the twilight
: it was a vision of power. To the two who stood watching while the darkness
: swallowed it up, it seemed a dream of wonder, with its tale of human
: energy, of things being done, of employment for thousands upon thousands
: of men, of opportunity and freedom, of life and love and joy. When they
: came away, arm in arm, Jurgis was saying, 'Tomorrow I shall go there and
: get a job!'" (from The Jungle)
I was going to include the above in my original post too, it struck me as being very Rubiconesque.
